A volunteer for the Puerto Rican Statewide Heritage Parade and North Ward district leader is accusing Quiles of harassment after she allegedly unleashed an expletive-laden tirade on her.

Leaders of the parade are holding a press conference Monday to denounce what they say is Quiles's latest action against them since her appointment to City Hall in 2015.

"Her presence in the community has caused distress, controversy and pain to the very community she is supposed to serve," Nelson "Butchie" Nieves, the president of the parade, wrote in a press release Thursday night.

City spokeswoman Marjorie Harris said in a statement earlier this week that Quiles, the deputy mayor for community engagement, "plays a significant role in engaging the Latino community in the City of Newark."

"From her leadership on issues such as sanctuary cities and the municipal ID program to her successful coordination of the 3rd Annual Latin Festival, which brought tens of thousands of residents and visitors to Newark, she has represented this administration well," Harris said.

Newark resident Sonia Vera, 52, filed a complaint in Newark Municipal Court on Aug. 3 alleging she was walking around her neighborhood with her husband the night of July 29 when Quiles came up to her and allegedly began hurling profanities and insults at her.

On Monday, a judge dismissed the case finding no probable cause. But Vera said she plans to refile the charges after the judge told her she used the incorrect statutes in her complaint

"Whatever private legal matter she is experiencing now is in the hands of the court and we have no further comment," Harris said earlier this week, responding to the charges.

Quiles, a former Miss Puerto Rico New Jersey, once served as the president of the Puerto Rican day parade and later went on to work in Perth Amboy for Mayor Wilda Diaz.

Nieves, a former longtime aide for Councilman Luis Quintana, said she mishandled the annual Puerto Rican parade when she was at the helm and since her appointment has worked against members of the group.

"This is just something that has to be dealt with, it has to be put to a stop," said Nieves, who was fired as Quintana's aide last year and is suing for his job back. "No one is taking responsibility to tell her you are a representative of the city of Newark ... you're not supposed to be acting that way."

Vera said during the altercation last month, Quiles had been drinking and was calling Vera "all kinds of names."

"It was out of nowhere," said Vera, who once worked with Quiles at the Puerto Rican Statewide Heritage Parade. "I told her, 'What's happening, why are you telling me this?'"

Jose Hernandez said he saw Quiles inside the North End bar on July 29 where she allegedly also insulted him before encountering Vera on Broadway and Verona Avenue.

"The person who works with the mayor, she's supposed to be professional and know how to deal with the community," Hernandez, who said he witnessed part of Quiles tirade and also volunteers for the parade, said. "These people think because they got power, they can abuse authority, they can do anything."

Vera, a lifelong Newark resident, said she's been discouraged from going through with her complaint by city officials and urged to settle the matter out of court. She said the municipal court did not help her file her complaint.

But Kenneth Vercammen, past chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Municipal Court Section, who is not involved in the case, said it's up to the person filing the complaint to properly file it.

"The court is not required to do your research, they are supposed to be impartial," he said.

Vera said she decided to take Quiles to court because it's not the first time the deputy mayor has verbally attacked her.

"This wasn't about hurting anybody, this is about her keeping her distance and leaving me alone," Vera said.